Chronology

Production from c. AD 120 until later 3rd cent. Origin probably lies with potters familiar with East Gaulish/Rhineland industry, where most of the forms have their origin. Some contact maintained with these continental industries throughout the 2nd and early 3rd cent.

Source

Colchester, where many kilns have been excavated on the outskirts of the town.

Distribution

Principally East Anglia, the London basin and southern Britain, with some export to the northern frontier during Antonine period (as)COMO – distribution map incomplete due to problems with identification. From early 3rd, largely confined to local markets.

Hull 1963. Hull, M. R., The Roman potters’ kilns of Colchester, Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 21, Society of Antiquaries and the Corporation of the Borough of Colchester, Oxford, (1963).